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Conference and
Meeting Information |
Resources |
Grant Announcements |
Training Opportunities |
T/TA Specialists |
Conference Steering Committee |
2008 WHSA Staff Affiliate
Memorial Scholarships
During the 2008 Spring
Quarterly, WHSA Staff Affiliate Members determined the recipients of the
2008 WHSA Staff Affiliate Memorial Scholarships. Applicants will be notified by August 31st,
2008 as to whether or not they will receive an award. Scholarship
recipients will be recognized at the 2008 WHSA Fall Quarterly at the
Heidel House Resort in Green Lake on Wednesday, October 22.
Please contact the WHSA
office at 608-442-6879 with any questions.
WHSA Peer
Management Meetings
WHSA provides a
unique opportunity for Head Start management level staff to participate
in training and networking in several key service areas. The peer
meetings are facilitated by a selected peer from each of the service
areas and take place in conjunction with the WHSA quarterly meetings.
The following
service areas meet once per year:
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Disabilities
Service (fall quarterly meeting)
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Early
Childhood Education (fall quarterly meeting)
- ERSEA
- Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance
(winter
quarterly meeting)
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Family and
Community Partnerships (spring quarterly meeting)
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Fiscal
Services (summer quarterly meeting)
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Health &
Nutrition (winter quarterly meeting)
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Human
Resources (summer quarterly meeting)
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Technology
Services (summer quarterly meeting)
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Transportation (winter quarterly meeting)
For specific
meeting dates, please see the WHSA Events page.
Resources
2008 Wisconsin Model Early Learning
Standards
Wisconsin Early
Childhood Career Guide
Grant Announcements
The US Department of Health
and Human Services' Administration of Child & Families has announced the
2007 Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) grantees. The awardees
include 6 Wisconsin organizations:
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University of Wisconsin-Parkside,
Kenosha ($449,810)
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A Second Chance Outreach
Ministry, Milwaukee ($50,000)
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Wisconsin Nazarene
Compassionate Center, Milwaukee ($50,000)
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United Migrant
Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS), Milwaukee ($250,000)
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High Expectations, Inc.,
Beaver Dam ($225,000)
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and Opportunities
Industrialization Center (OIC) of Racine County, Inc., Racine
($225,000).
The CCF helps "faith-based
organizations and community organizations increase their effectiveness,
enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in
need, expand their organizations, diversify their funding sources, and
create collaborations" by partnering the government and other
organizations.
To learn more about the CCF,
visit:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf/.
Training
Opportunities
Leading & Governing in the
New Era of Head Start
May 14-16, 2008
Best Western Inn on the Park
Madison, WI
The Wisconsin Head Start
Association will provide training to all interested Wisconsin Head Start
and Early Head Start programs on thriving in the post-Reauthorization
era of Head Start. Dr. Tim Nolan, a Head Start Director
with nearly 40 years experience in Head Start management, board work,
and consultancy will facilitate the event. Participants will examine the
roles, responsibilities, and performance necessary for an effective
board and program leadership. Dr. Nolan will focus our attention
on the creation and maintenance of a sound board especially during
periods of important transformational change. Bill Sullivan,
ACF Region 5 (WI & MN) Team Administrator will join participants to
provide an overview of reauthorization updates and risk assessment.
This training is
available to Wisconsin Head Start and Early Head Start programs without
a registration fee thanks to a grant for the ACF Region 5 Office of Head
Start. Please access our registration materials using this
link.
Strengthening Partnerships
and Resources in Communities (SPARC) Literacy Training
2006-2010
The SPARC Literacy Training
program was developed by the California Institute on Human Services at
Sonoma State University and is funded by a grant for the Office of Head
Start in the US Department of Health and Human Services. It covers
the following aspects of family literacy:
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child literacy
development,
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parent literacy
development,
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parent leadership in
one's child's education,
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and parent involvement
in one's child's education.
Training is provided by the
National Head Start Family Literacy Center (NHSFLC) through eight
grantee leadership teams per region. Three, 3-day SPARC training
opportunities take place over four years and include the development of
action plans to promote family literacy.
One Wisconsin Head Start
Program, Family Forum, was selected as a Region V grantee.
In the spring of 2006, six Family Forum representatives went to a three
day introductory training in Chicago. On August 22, 2007 Family
Forum hosted its first regional one-day training at their branch office
in Ashland. The training, What is Family Literacy?
Strengthening Our Head Start Systems to Support Family Literacy, was
presented by Melissa Valez. Ms. Valez is a nationally certified
SPARC trainer and works for the Birth-3 Resource Project out of
Milwaukee.
Training and
Technical Assistance Specialists
Local Wisconsin T/TA Specialists
Contact Info:
WENDY BOWE
bowe_wendy @bah.com
500 Ernst Meyer Drive
Baraboo, WI 53919
(p) 608-355-0996
JESSICA GRASSIE
grassie_jessica@bah.com
7924 Fairfield Road
Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
(p) 763-208-3613
BILL WELCH
welch_william@bah.com
116 Merton Avenue
Lodi, WI 53555-1423
(p) 608-592-7333
Wisconsin Seasonal and Migrant
T/TA Specialist Contact Info:
SETH KOPALD
skopald@aed.org
Wisconsin Tribal Program's T/TA
Specialist Contact Info:
DAVID ALLEN WROBLEWSKI
dallenw@aol.com
12340 West Grange Avenue
Hales Corners, WI 53130
(p) 877-425-6305 or
414-425-6305
2009 WHSA Training
Conference Steering Committee
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2009
Conference Chair - Yolanda Winfrey
SDC-Urban Day
School, Inc.
ywinfrey@ud1224.org
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Decorations
Beverly
Underwood, Chair
Renewal
Unlimited, Inc.
bunderwood@renewalunlimited.net
Elaine Chrisman
Family & Child
Learning Center of N.E.W., Inc.
elaine@familyandchild.org
Dawn Hamilton
UW-Oshkosh
hamilton@uwosh.edu
Mary Lou Jaeger
Family & Child
Learning Centers of N.E.W., Inc
marylou@familyandchild.org
Exhibits
Julie Perkovich,
Chair
Sheboygan County
Human Rights Association
jperkovich@hsshebco.org
Cathy Adelman
Sheboygan County
Human Rights Association
cadelman@hsshebco.org
Keynote
Carol Keintz
Dabe County
Parent Council, Inc.
carol.keintz@dcpcinc.org
Marketing
Mary Anne
Wieland
CESA 2/Jefferson
County
mwieland1@sbcglobal.net
Parent
Involvement
Kelly Butzlaff
UW-Oshkosh
butzlafk@uwosh.edu
Program &
Evaluation
Cathy Howe,
Chair
Marathon County
Child Development Agency, Inc.
chowe@mccdahs.org
Bill Welch
Region V
Training/Technical Assistance Network
welch_william@bah.com
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Yolanda Winfrey
SDC-Urban Day
School, Inc.
ywinfrey@ud1224.org
David Allen
Wroblewski
American Indian
TA Network
Academy for
Educational Development
dallen@aol.com
Registration &
Hospitality
Mary Degner,
Chair
CESA 2/Jefferson
County
mdegner1@sbcglobal.net
Debbra Raether,
Co-Chair
Dane County
Parent Council, Inc.
debraether@dishmail.org
April Burton
SDC-uUban Day
School, Inc.
aburton@ud1224.org
Kathy Gorrell
Comprehensive
Family Services, Inc.
gorrel@att.net
Latrice Robinson
SDC-Urban Day
School, Inc.
lrobinson@ud1224.org
Volunteers
Betty Clausen
ADVOCAP
bettyc@advocap.org
Kelly Butzlaff
UW-Oshkosh
butzlafk@uwosh.edu
WHSA Staff
Shelley Cousin,
Executive Director
cousin@whsaonline.org
Molly Kovarik,
Assistant
kovarik@whsaonline.org
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2010 Conference
Chair - TBD
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